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Can you old bastards help me with a classic rock playlist?

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Having briefly skimmed through the thread, I apologize for any duplicates/already mentioned bands... but here's a few off my classics playlist.

Derek & the Dominos
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
The Who
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Queen
The Police
Tom Petty
Guns n Roses
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yes
Dire Straits
Foghat
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Santana
The Allman Brothers
Led Zeppelin
Cream
Chuck Berry
Styx
AC/DC
Bob Seger
Journey
The Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd
 
alzan said:
If you move Queen to your Yes list I would suggest some of their older stuff, prior to A Night At The Opera; the rawness of their early albums make great additions to playlists. The "hits" are good but encompass very little of the variety of the band.

My own selections:
Moody Blues
Yes
Johnny Winter
Mountain
Genesis (with & without Peter Gabriel)
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Styx
Robin Trower
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There's some good ones in there. Deep Purple "Knocking At Your Back Door" should be on the play list for sure. Actually, the entire Perfect Strangers album is one of my all time favorite rock albums. Not really a bad song on that one.

Robin Trower's "Bridge Of Sighs" is an amazing album. I don't know much else from him (aside from Procol Harem), but that's a great suggestion!
 
CraKaJaX said:
Having briefly skimmed through the thread, I apologize for any duplicates/already mentioned bands... but here's a few off my classics playlist.

Derek & the Dominos
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
The Who
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Queen
The Police
Tom Petty
Guns n Roses
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yes
Dire Straits
Foghat
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Santana
The Allman Brothers
Led Zeppelin
Cream
Chuck Berry
Styx
AC/DC
Bob Seger
Journey
The Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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It's also more of an 80's glam band to some extent, but I love me some Cult. She Sells Sanctuary and Firewoman are great rock songs.
 
Also need to show some love for ZZ Top. La Grange and Waiting for the Bus are over 40 years old now and as fun and funky as ever.
 
spacejamz said:
just add scorpions, judas priest and queensryche and you would be all set for me...

and quiet riot, motley crue and dio...
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Scorpions and Judas Priest had already been mentioned, so I didn't mention them again, though I could have added them into my 83-85 era of listening when I preferred that style of rock. Quite a few more bands; hard to remember some of the names. Helix was one - "Give me an R..." I was the night/weekend deejay at an adult contemporary radio station. The personality who taught me the ropes made copies of a lot of music from groups many people had never heard of. One of them was Whitesnake - long before they ever had a hit in the US and long before anyone had heard of them.

I never listened to much Queensryche - and the first time I really noticed them was at a concert; they opened for (Rush?) They sounded horrible in concert. Quiet Riot? 2 songs. Both played obnoxiously often on MTV.
 
vi edit said:
No Doors fans in here?
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While I appreciate what they did, I just CAN'T get into them. I tried.... I really tried. It's like listening to a church organ on a bad acid trip. Doesn't do it for me. What's it take besides being a burned-out hippy?
 
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